Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 20, 2024 / Notices 12937 

Proposed Rule Change To Modify the Quorum 

Requirement for Non-U.S. Companies Under 

Certain Limited Circumstances); and 91567 (April 

14, 2021) 86 FR 20556 (April 20, 2021) (Notice of 

Filing of Amendment No. 1 and Order Granting 

Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change, 

as Modified by Amendment No. 1, To Modify the 

Quorum Requirement). 

128 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(iii). 

129 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b– 

4(f)(6) requires the Exchange to give the 

Commission written notice of its intent to file the 

proposed rule change, along with a brief description 

and text of the proposed rule change, at least five 

business days prior to the date of filing of the 

proposed rule change, or such shorter time as 

designated by the Commission. The Exchange has 

satisfied this requirement. 

130 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 

131 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii). 

132See Section II. A, supra. As described above, 

some of the proposed changes were also previously 

approved by the Commission. 

133For purposes only of waiving the 30-day 

operative delay, the Commission has considered the 

proposed rule’s impact on efficiency, competition, 

and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 134 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

The Exchange does not believe that 

the proposed rule change will impose 

any burden on competition that is not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act. Instead, the 

Exchange believes the proposed rule 

changes to conform certain applicable 

listing rules so that they are 

substantively similar to corresponding 

Nasdaq rules may enhance intermarket 

competition since the Exchange and 

Nasdaq will have substantially similar 

listing requirements for issuers. 

Moreover, none of the proposed 

changes will unduly burden intramarket competition. Participants will 

experience no competitive impact from 

the proposed amendments as they are 

merely intended to the Exchange’s 

corporate governance requirements so 

that they are substantively similar to 

those of other exchanges. Further, the 

Exchange anticipates that all issuers 

with Companies listed on the Exchange 

already comply with the proposed rules. 

Thus, the proposal will have no material 

impact to such issuers. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

The Exchange neither solicited nor 

received comments on the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

Because the foregoing proposed rule 

change does not: (i) significantly affect 

the protection of investors or the public 

interest; (ii) impose any significant 

burden on competition; and (iii) become 

operative for 30 days from the date on 

which it was filed, or such shorter time 

as the Commission may designate, it has 

become effective pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Act 128 and 

subparagraph (f)(6) of Rule 19b–4 

thereunder.129

A proposed rule change filed under 

Rule 19b–4(f)(6) 130 normally does not 

become operative prior to 30 days after 

the date of the filing. However, pursuant 

to Rule 19b–4(f)(6)(iii),131 the 

Commission may designate a shorter 

time if such action is consistent with the 

protection of investors and the public 

interest. The Exchange has asked the 

Commission to waive the 30-day 

operative delay to allow the Exchange to 

implement the proposal as soon as 

possible. The Exchange states that the 

proposal is substantively similar or 

identical to Nasdaq listing rules series 

5200 (General Procedures and 

Prerequisites for Initial and Continued 

Listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market), 

5600 (Corporate Governance 

Requirements), and 5800 (Failure to 

Meeting Listing Standards). The 

Commission believes that waiver of the 

30-day operative delay is consistent 

with the protection of investors and the 

public interest because the proposal 

does not raise any new or novel issues. 

The proposed changes have also 

previously been subject to notice and 

comment.132 Accordingly, the 

Commission hereby waives the 30-day 

operative delay and designates the 

proposal operative upon filing.133

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of such proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. If the 

Commission takes such action, the 

Commission shall institute proceedings 

to determine whether the proposed rule 

should be approved or disapproved. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include file number SR– 

CboeBZX–2024–010 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to file 

number SR–CboeBZX–2024–010. This 

file number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also 

will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. Do not include personal 

identifiable information in submissions; 

you should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. We may redact in part or 

withhold entirely from publication 

submitted material that is obscene or 

subject to copyright protection. All 

submissions should refer to file number 

SR–CboeBZX–2024–010 and should be 

submitted on or before March 12, 2024. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.134

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12329] 

Exchange Visitor Program 

ACTION: Notice of an arrangement 

through a Memorandum of 


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Understanding and waiver of certain 

regulatory requirements. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Exchange Visitor 

Program regulations, the Assistant 

Secretary for Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, 

has waived certain regulatory provisions 

to establish an exchange of German 

principals to secondary schools 

overseen and financed by the 

government of the Federal Republic of 

Germany within the United States. 

DATES: This action was effective on 

November 15, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Pasini, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Private Sector Exchange at 

2200 C Street NW, SA–5, 5th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20522 or via email at 

JExchanges@state.gov or by telephone at 

(202) 826–4364. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

arrangement between the United States 

and the Federal Republic of Germany, 

establishing an exchange of German 

principals, fosters long-term 

international cooperation with U.S. 

communities across the United States. 

German exchange principals, through 

their leadership, promote an 

intercultural environment and strong 

bonds that last through their students’ 

years at school, university, and beyond. 

The principals are instrumental in 

creating a global network of wellconnected German and American 

alumni. 

This exchange has been established in 

accordance with the existing Exchange 

Visitor Program regulations (22 CFR part 

62), including the regulations applying 

to the Specialist category (22 CFR 

62.26). These exchange visitors are 

experts in a field with specialized 

knowledge or skills. Program 

participants are required to be German 

citizens, hold a valid German passport, 

and have teaching certification for the 

secondary level or an advanced degree 

equivalent to a Master’s degree in school 

administration or a similar field. 

Program participants are selected by the 

Federal German Foreign Office and its 

subordinate authority, the Central 

Agency for Schools Abroad. Participants 

are placed as principals in German 

schools in the United States that are 

recognized and overseen by the Federal 

Foreign Office. 

Consistent with the arrangement, the 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs waives certain 

provisions set forth in 22 CFR 62.26. 

Regulations at 22 CFR 62.26(i) provide 

that specialists shall be authorized to 

participate in the Exchange Visitor 

Program for the length of time necessary 

to complete the program, which shall 

not exceed one year. Regulations at 22 

CFR 62.26(d)(3) establish that a foreign 

national is eligible to participate in an 

exchange visitor program as a specialist 

if that individual does not fill a 

permanent or long-term position of 

employment while in the United States. 

Through the arrangement with the 

Federal Republic of Germany, the 

United States supports the purposes of 

the Fulbright-Hayes Act by facilitating 

administrative support for German 

schools in the United States and 

recognizing that international schools 

are an important way to allow the 

possibility of young people to be 

educated in a unique multicultural 

environment. The arrangement allows 

German principals to promote 

intercultural exchange throughout their 

program, which is permitted to be three 

years, subject to the terms of the 

principal’s visa. 

Subject to the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (INA), participants may 

be eligible for one-time repeat 

participation in the program upon the 

exchange visitor’s valid application and 

after meeting any other applicable 

requirements. Although the principal 

position filled by the participant may 

remain a long-term one for the school, 

varying individual principals, including 

program participants, may serve in that 

role. Accordingly, the Department 

waives subsections (d)(3) and (i) of 22 

CFR 62.26 with respect to this program. 

Lee A. Satterfield, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03346 Filed 2–16–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12333] 

Notice of Public Meeting in Preparation 

for International Maritime Organization 

Tenth Session of the Sub-Committee 

on Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE) 

Meeting 

The Department of State will conduct 

a public meeting at 1:00 p.m. on 

Tuesday, February 27, 2024, via 

teleconference. The primary purpose of 

the meeting is to prepare for the 10th 

session of the International Maritime 

Organization’s (IMO) Sub-committee on 

Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE 10) 

to be held at IMO Headquarters in 

London, United Kingdom from Monday, 

March 4 to Friday, March 8, 2024. 

Members of the public may 

participate up to the capacity of the 

teleconference phone line, which can 

handle 500 participants, and the 

teleconference line will be provided to 

those who RSVP. To RSVP, participants 

should contact the meeting coordinator, 

LT Jeffrey Bors by email at 

Jeffrey.S.Bors@uscg.mil.LT Bors will 

provide access information for virtual 

attendance. 

The agenda items to be considered at 

SSE 10 include: 

—Adoption of the agenda 

—Decisions of other IMO bodies 

—New requirements for ventilation of 

survival craft 

—Development of design and prototype 

test requirements for the arrangements 

used in the operational testing of freefall lifeboat release systems without 

launching the lifeboat 

—Revision of SOLAS chapter III and the 

LSA Code 

—Amendments to SOLAS chapter III 

and chapter IV of the LSA Code to 

require the carriage of self-righting or 

canopied reversible liferafts for new 

ships 

—Development of amendments to 

paragraph 8.3.5 and annex 1 of the 

1994 and 2000 HSC Codes 

—Revision of the 2010 FTP Code to 

allow for new fire protection systems 

and materials 

—Revision of the provisions for 

helicopter facilities in SOLAS and the 

MODU Code 

—Development of amendments to 

SOLAS chapter II–2 and the FSS Code 

concerning detection and control of 

fires in cargo holds and on the cargo 

deck of containerships 

—Validated model training courses 

—Unified interpretation of provisions of 

IMO safety, security and 

environment-related conventions 

—Development of provisions to 

consider prohibiting the use of firefighting foams containing fluorinated 

substances, in addition to PFOS, for 

fire-fighting on board ships 

—Comprehensive review of the 

Requirements for maintenance, 

thorough examination, operational 

testing, overhaul and repair of 

lifeboats and rescue boats, launching 

appliances and release gear 

(resolution MSC.402(96)) to address 

challenges with their implementation 

—Amendments to the LSA Code for 

thermal performance of immersion 

suits 

—Evaluation of adequacy of fire 

protection, detection and extinction 

arrangements in vehicle, special 

category and ro-ro spaces in order to 

reduce the fire risk of ships carrying 

new energy vehicles 

—Biennial status report and provisional 

agenda for SSE 11 


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